Diel flight pattern and flight performance of Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) measured on a flight mill: Influence of age, gender, mating status, and body size

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 314-324

  Sarvary, Mark A ^a   Bloem, Kenneth A ^b   Bloem, Stephanie ^b   Carpenter, James E ^c   Hight, Stephen D ^d   Dorn, Silvia ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cactus moth; Circadian rhythm; Dispersal; Flight; Sterile insect technique

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FLYING; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; LEPIDOPTERA; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

CACTACEAE; CACTOBLASTIS CACTORUM; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA CACTI; PYRALIDAE;

EID: 42449120579     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493(2008)101[314:DFPAFP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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